Good Bouncer Stories

[Drac]

If you worked as a bouncer for any lenght of time you have a collection of great stories, some cannot be related here because of language and sexual content..Here is one that can be told:.

If you are a bouncer you face the chance of appearing in court because of your actions during an altercation..So I recieve a summons to appear in court and tell the clubs side of the story,and all the while the guy is making comments..Now comes the plaintiffs turn..The Judge says "Before you tell your side of the story I want to know why you just didn't leave when they asked you too?" The guy responds with a " Because no one tells me what to do"..."Oh really?" says the Judge ..He slams his gavel and says " Case dismissed"..

To which this POS yells "SMOKE YOU".The Baliffs escorted him from the court room..He was cited for contempt...

[Drac]

Waaaaaaaaaaay back when one of the clubs I worked for refused to use the term bouncer, we were called floorwalkers..So as not to give the image that all we did was stand around and wait for a fight to start we had to clear the glasses of the tables and carry them to the glass washer machine...

Our club was VERY LARGE and there was an area behind the DJ booth and dance floor called the quiet lounge..While passing through there one night I saw a guy and a very pretty girl on one of the long padded benches talking..He had one hand up her skirt and the other under her blouse..Normally I ignore this kind of scene as I pass by I hear this guy say, "What makes you think all I want is sex?"...

I laughed so hard that I dropped my tub of glasses..He flew off the bench and tried to punch me which was a big mistake..His little sleeze ran and got all his ' buds" and it was one of the biggest fights we had had in a while..The moral for me was to keep my BIG MOUTH shut...

[pesilat]

One night - pretty slow - the door man, John, asked me for some pointers and we discussed some simple restraining methods.

Later that night one of the regulars comes up to me, slightly tipsy, and says, "So, I saw you working with John earlier. Interesting stuff but I could counter any of it pretty easily."

I smiled and said, "Of course. In your head."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, anything's easy to counter in theory. It's much more difficult when you're off balance and in pain - and that's assuming you're not actually injured yet. So, yeah, in your head you can counter any of it easily. Doing it in reality is a whole different matter."

He then proceeded to tell me, "You know, I trained in Systema for several years."

I said, "Oh yeah? I've seen some Systema. Interesting stuff."

He said, "Yeah, I trained with a guy here in Louisville named ... umm ... Martin."

I said, "Really? Martin? Martin who?"

He said, "Yeah. Martin. I trained with him until he moved away."

I said, "Martin Wheeler?"

He said, "Yeah! That was his last name. Wheeler."

I couldn't believe this guy. He didn't even know Martin's last name - a guy he'd allegedly trained with for several years. It was all I could do not to laugh myself to tears.

Mike

[JadecloudAlchemist]

I watched door once at a club. Everyone had to pay and things were fine until one guy tries to walk past me and I grab his shirt real tight and I said"Where ya going?" He said " I'm the bartender now let go of my shirt."

:lfao:

[Drac]

i watched door once at a club. Everyone had to pay and things were fine until one guy tries to walk past me and i grab his shirt real tight and i said"where ya going?" he said " i'm the bartender now let go of my shirt."

:lfao:

Don't ya just hate when that happens????

[pesilat]

LOL. Yeah, I had the door man, Rodney, try to kick me out one night. I'd been working there for several months but he & I had never met before. He was covering for John, the door man I usually worked with. When I came in I introduced myself to him but he didn't catch that I was the bouncer.

At the end of the night he came back to run everyone out of the bar at closing. I was standing, watching to make sure everyone played nice on their way out. Then Rodney motions to me and says, "You too, buddy. We're closed. Time to leave." I thought he was joking and just laughed. Then he said it again and I said, "I work here."

He said, "Yeah, right. Come on." He put his hand on my arm and I slapped a wrist lock on him - just enough to say "hello" - and then Gary, one of the bartenders, came back and told Rodney, "Dude! What're you doing? He's the bouncer. Get back up front and let him handle things back here."

Oops :D

Mike

[Drac]

LOL. Yeah, I had the door man, Rodney, try to kick me out one night. I'd been working there for several months but he & I had never met before. He was covering for John, the door man I usually worked with. When I came in I introduced myself to him but he didn't catch that I was the bouncer.

At the end of the night he came back to run everyone out of the bar at closing. I was standing, watching to make sure everyone played nice on their way out. Then Rodney motions to me and says, "You too, buddy. We're closed. Time to leave." I thought he was joking and just laughed. Then he said it again and I said, "I work here."

He said, "Yeah, right. Come on." He put his hand on my arm and I slapped a wrist lock on him - just enough to say "hello" - and then Gary, one of the bartenders, came back and told Rodney, "Dude! What're you doing? He's the bouncer. Get back up front and let him handle things back here."

Oops :D

Mike

Great story...

[Rich Parsons]

If you worked as a bouncer for any lenght of time you have a collection of great stories, some cannot be related here bacuse of language and sexual content..Here is one that can be told:.

If you are a bouncer you face the chance of appearing in court because of your actions during an altercation..So I tell the clubs side of the story,and all the while the guy is making comments..Now comes the plaintiffs turn..The Judge says "Before you tell your side of the story I want to know why you just didn't leave when they asked you too?" The guy responds with a " Because no one tells me what to do"..."Oh really?" says the Judge ..He slams his gavel and says " Case dismissed"..

To which this POS yells "SMOKE YOU".The Baliffs escorted him from the court room..He was cited for contempt...


I was watching a door one night. There were some recent changes in the law and the fines went to the owner and to the person checking the ID's. The fine went from $500 to $5,000.

So I checked everyone's ID. The law stated to be in the place one had to have an ID and be of age to drink. So the old timers, obviously over 21 did nto have an ID on them. When the crowd was light that night, the owner asked what I was doing scaring away all his customers. I replied, that I would tell any officer that anyone without an ID was let in by him. He walked away frustrated. It only took a couple of nights and one weekend and everyone had their ID's.

[Drac]

I was watching a door one night. There were some recent changes in the law and the fines went to the owner and to the person checking the ID's. The fine went from $500 to $5,000.

So I checked everyone's ID. The law stated to be in the place one had to have an ID and be of age to drink. So the old timers, obviously over 21 did nto have an ID on them. When the crowd was light that night, the owner asked what I was doing scaring away all his customers. I replied, that I would tell any officer that anyone without an ID was let in by him. He walked away frustrated. It only took a couple of nights and one weekend and everyone had their ID's.

Owners can be a real pain in the butt....One bar came up with the idea of putting bands around the wrists of those under 21 back in the early 80's all the bars sold 3.2 beer..A lot of the ladies HATED the idea and cried to the owner and we went back to the ink stamp...So I instructed the battenders if they couldnt see the stamp NO DRINK..Finally it became a 21 and over bar by State law..

[Drac]

Like I said Owners can be a pain in the butt...At one club the owner was a real whore-monger and would serve all the underage ladies whatever they wanted, he would always add that if Drac catches you you're out for the night...Well sure enough I catch one of the regular under age girls with a Jack and Coke and I toss her out..

The ID checker that night was a former Green Beret and we got along pretty well...She is out in the parking lot cursing me, Billy says that she should be " nice" to me and I might let her back in"...She says. "NO-FLIPPIN-WAY"...So he says," Be nice to me and I WILL let you back in"...So they retreat to the back of his van so she can be nice to him, and he lets her back in and all I can do is give him a dirty look...

About 5 minutes Billy approaches me and say " Kathy has a high drink"..I see her and escort her to the door, as she is standing on the sidewalk Billy says "Good Night Whore" and closes the door....The owner just shook his head..

[Rich Parsons]

Like I said Owners can be a pain in the butt...At one club the owner was a real whore-monger and would serve all the underage ladies whatever they wanted, he would always add that if Drac catches you you're out for the night...Well sure enough I catch one of the regular under age girls with a Jack and Coke and I toss her out..

The ID checker that night was a former Green Beret and we got along pretty well...She is out in the parking lot cursing me, Billy says that she should be " nice" to me and I might let her back in...She says "NO-FLIPPIN-WAY"...So he says, Be nice to me and I WILL let you back in"...So they retreat to the back of his van so she can be nice to him, and he lets her back in and all I can do is give him a dirty look...

About 5 minutes Billy approaches me and say " Kathy has a high drink"..I see her and escort her to the door, as she is standing on the sidewalk Billy says "Good Night Whore" and closes the door....The owner just shook his head..


I was not working one night and walked in and saw a young lady who I knew to be under age. 17. It was early (before 10 PM) and she was there with friends and they had just finished eating, and were beginning to dance to the live music. I walked up to her, and she took me to her table and there was no alcohol at their table. So I smiled and told her not to try to stay to late and be out soon. She and her friends did leave around 10 PM so I did not make an issue of it.

I then had a talk with the owner about his timing of the live music and when he stopped serving food. He needed more time to get the "Food" restaurant crowd out. I then explained to him about 17 year old, that would cause him to loose his license just for being in there.

[Rich Parsons]

Back when I was 20 and the drinking age was 21, I did not drink. It was self defense. I worked too many places and too many people held grudges. So, many people did not even think to card me if I went someplace with friends, as we in the business knew each other. I also never did put anyone at risk by trying to sneak anything either.

Drinking was not an issue for me, while growing up if I wanted a glass of wine or a small glass fo beer with dinner I could. Not that I enjoyed it much , but trying it took away the taboo, aroun drinking alcohol for me.

So, one night while in someone else's bar, there is a problem and the police show up, and then they start asking for ID's. They find out I am 20. THe owner and door guys were surprised. They had never asked me. The police asked why I was there. I told them to truth. I was the designated driver for my friends. They were drunk by this time and just hapy drunk and not part of any of the problem. The police looked at me and said, I was being responsible and that I should take my friends home now. I understood he was letting me leave, so I explained to my friends, either I got a ride with the nice police officers of they could come with me. They decided to it was best to leave with me.

[Kembudo-Kai Kempoka]

I think I wrote about this on MT before, but since it belongs in this thread...

I was bouncing on a night in the late 80's, when Notre dame won their grudge game with USC. That night, the victorious offensive line comes into my bar in Newport Beach, CA. They are loud and obnoxious, with one guy flashing the ladies. I ask the QB/Team Captain to simmer them down; he pays lip service, but does nothing.

Finally, I tell him they all need to leave. He refuses, and backed up by a couple of his linemen, squares off with me annd says, "What are you gonna do, throw all of us out?".

"Nope; I ain't that tough, and I ain't that stupid. I'm going to call the Newport Beach PD, AND the local news, so that tomorrow, you can explain to your coach and parents WHY the winning team of a catholic college is seen getting piled into a paddy wagon on their victory night with charges of trespassing, drunk in public, lewd and lascivious conduct, sexual harassment, and the like. Your move."

They left my bar, drank next door, and were a little more mindful of their manners.

[Drac]

I was running a club in Ft Lauderdale that opened at 8pm..Around 9pm I heard this cheering and whistling coming from one of the auxillary dance spaces in the back of the club..There on the floor was a male and female attempting to do a version of horizotal bop, except standing up....I asked them to please take a break and they went back to the bar..

About 15 mins later I heard the same cheering and whistling again from the back area...There was the same couple on the floor slow dancing except the male had her skirt pulled up to her hips and was attempting to remove her underwear.."OK, that's it, take it somewhere else", I said..As they were leaving the female stopped and said to me " You are ruining our anniversary"...

[bigdano]

One of my favorite stories occurred 2 years ago on New Years Eve. My bar (in Washington, DC) runs an event where we charge US$100 at the door, and have a 5 hour open bar. The cover tends to keep out the riff raff. However, NYE 2006, I turned around from my post at the door of the bar to the staircase leading into the bar, only to see a woman squatting on the stairs and peeing. I went up to her and told her that she needed to leave. She asked me why, and I told her because she was peeing on the steps. She looked confused for a minute, then her facial expressions changed, and she said she understood, and started walking towards the exit. Her friend came running out and started screaming at me. While the "peeing girl" was very compliant, her friend identified herself as a lawyer and insisted that I had no legal right to ask peeing girl to leave. I promised her that I did, but she stated that the bar was a public establishment and that we could not require her to leave. The lawyer friend ended up getting up in my face and screaming at me, at which time I escorted her out of the bar. She called 911 to report that I had "assaulted" her, but DC's Finest is trained quite well and ignored her call.

[bigdano]

And another one about dumb owners...

I have been head of security at my bar for several years. We have pretty high turnover for bouncers, and on this one particular night had a relative newbie working the door with me. I went inside to use the restroom, and as I was returning to the door, one of the bartenders stopped me and told me that a post-wedding reception group had come to the bar, and while most of the crowd was of age, the family of the bride had brought their 16 and 14 year old sons with them. The well-trained newbie denied them entrance, but after some fancy talking and "handshaking" by the father of the bride to the owner, the owner told the bouncer to let in the young'ns on the promise that they would not drink. It didn't take me long to spot the two of them, or the bottles of beer they had in their hands. Suffice it to say, I got them out of there real quick, and the owner was quite embarassed. Since then, his new policy is that he leaves decisions like that up to me, even when my decisions piss him off

[Rich Parsons]

And another one about dumb owners...

I have been head of security at my bar for several years. We have pretty high turnover for bouncers, and on this one particular night had a relative newbie working the door with me. I went inside to use the restroom, and as I was returning to the door, one of the bartenders stopped me and told me that a post-wedding reception group had come to the bar, and while most of the crowd was of age, the family of the bride had brought their 16 and 14 year old sons with them. The well-trained newbie denied them entrance, but after some fancy talking and "handshaking" by the father of the bride to the owner, the owner told the bouncer to let in the young'ns on the promise that they would not drink. It didn't take me long to spot the two of them, or the bottles of beer they had in their hands. Suffice it to say, I got them out of there real quick, and the owner was quite embarassed. Since then, his new policy is that he leaves decisions like that up to me, even when my decisions piss him off


In Michigan this was happening so often that they changed the laws to also fine the Owner. This way if the Owner "forced" the door person to elt them in, both were liable. From $500 to $5000 each. So, while the door person could be out some significant cash the owner could be as well. Also they added in the Owner could loose their liquor license. This was the real kicker as now most owners saw that the short term looses were acceptable versus the long term losses.

[Drac]

Perhaps the ladies that will sit in their cars and polish of a pint of firewater just to get in the mood were the worst..They would then come inside and proceed to drink like a sailor on leave, and maybe dropping a few "Ludes"...I cannot count the times that some young lady would approach and tell me her girlfriend is passed out in the stall...I would have to go in there and stand her up and her friend would pull up or down on whatever she was wearing so I could carry her through the club without too much embarassment to her..

[Drac]

At the big dance club we had a little female bouncer...Actually she was the one who took money at the door, but if there was a fight in the ladies room she would respond..She was a former teen fashion model and a little hottie.. About 5'2" and maybe 100 and some lucious pounds, but she was a scrapper..More that once she would go into a fight inside the powder room and more that once I have seen her tossed back out into the club..She would stand there a moment and and then let out a few cuss words and " fly" back inside...She would always come out holding some lady by the hair built like Xena, Warrior Princess...

[searcher]

The first time I ever got cut I was bouncing.

Not any cool story to it, guy had a little liquid courage and thought he needed to rough some patrons up. Tell him it was time to leave and he decided to try and make me like a steak. I ended up with a small cut, thnk goodness he was waving trouble standing, and he ended up falling on the floor. Nothing cool like, I took this guy apart and showed him how we do it kinda thing. I needed a bandade and he needed some aspirins.

[Drac]

Every once in awhile a bouncer has to show some mercy...First night of the Thanksgiving break was always a major fight night, even the owner got his hands dirty..Well anyway this guy tries to stop me from bouncing his buddy's out so I trip the buddy so one of the others could scoop him up and slam this guy into a padded wall..

Out of the corner of my eye I see a very pretty girl watching us...I tell this guy I'm gonna loosen my grip, push me away and call me any name you want but leave, if you try to hit me I drop you infront of her...Well I loosen my grip and he pushed off me and starts calling me every name in the book, but he grabs her hand and walks..He came back a few night later and apologized for his actions..

[Nolerama]

Every once in awhile a bouncer has to show some mercy...First night of the Thanksgiving break was always a major fight night, even the owner got his hands dirty..Well anyway this guy tries to stop me from bouncing his buddy's out so I trip the buddy so one of the others could scoop him up and slam this guy into a padded wall..

Out of the corner of my eye I see a very pretty girl watching us...I tell this guy I'm gonna loosen my grip, push me away and call me any name you want but leave, if you try to hit me I drop you infront of her...Well I loosen my grip and he pushed off me and starts calling me every name in the book, but he grabs her hand and walks..He came back a few night later and apologized for his actions..


Right on! Nice way to de-escalate the situation and some solid thinking.

Oh god... Mardi Gras and St. Patrick's Day are right around the corner. The bar I work for just extended their closing time from 1am to 3am...

Bringing the mouth guard and leaving the glasses at home this year...

[Adept]

Right on! Nice way to de-escalate the situation and some solid thinking.

Oh god... Mardi Gras and St. Patrick's Day are right around the corner. The bar I work for just extended their closing time from 1am to 3am...

Bringing the mouth guard and leaving the glasses at home this year...

Don't forget the perspex knuckle dusters!

[Drac]

Right on! Nice way to de-escalate the situation and some solid thinking.

Oh god... Mardi Gras and St. Patrick's Day are right around the corner. The bar I work for just extended their closing time from 1am to 3am...

Bringing the mouth guard and leaving the glasses at home this year...

You couldn't pay me enough to work on St Stupids Day, prolly the greatest amateur drinking night next to New Years Eve..When I worked at the Transit Authority they were getting of the trains at 6:30 AM drunk outta there minds, and it only got WORSE as the day continued..


Don't forget the perspex knuckle dusters!Hell on that day break out the sap gloves..

[Zoran]

We escorted this big guy out of the bar one night. Not a big deal until a went to check the employee parking lot. He was peeing on an employees car...mine.

I did not get mad, had worse done to my car. I told him to get lost. He decided that since he was bigger than me, he can take me. He bull rushed me which I countered and stopped him. As I was trying to take control of him, I had to give him a quick knee to the bladder. As he was going down, he said he "soiled" himself. Thought he was joking until I got a whiff.

I made him sit in it (he was wearing terry cloth shorts of all things), while the police where called. The cops looked and smelled him and said to me, "what are we supposed to do with him?" I said, "arrest him." Which the cops said, "He's not getting in my car!" So they escorted him of the property while keeping a safe distance and downwind.

[BrandonLucas]

I had this older guy come up to me early in the evening at a bar that I was bouncing at, and just shook my hand out of nowhere....I say older, but I mean older than me...somewhere in his late 50's...not that that's old... He leaned in to talk to me over the music that was playing, and I could already smell the alcohol before he got close enough for me to hear him.

"Dude, I just wanna shake your hand, and make sure we're cool with eachother. 'Cause you're a big dude, and I sure don't wanna piss you off, man. I bet you can stomp a mudhold in my ass..."

This is what he shook my hand for...all I could think to say at the time was, "Yeah, I don't see why we can't be cool."

So later in the evening, he lost a game of pool and threw a bottle across the floor, where it shattered. One of the pieces of glass flew into a woman's arm at a nearby table and cut her pretty bad.

The bartender came around with a towel and got her to go to the bathroom to wash her arm off while I escorted the guy to the door...at which point, he takes a swing at a random guy we're walking past.

The random guy just lets it go, thankfully, but I grabbed the "older" guy by the back of his collar and told him to get a move on out the door.

Out of nowhere, this guy's son comes up and pushed me...his son is, I would say, roughly my age, around 26 or 27 ish, and not very big...maybe 160lbs and 5'7". So I grabbed his son with my other hand on the back of his collar and proceeded to throw both of them out of the door.

The father, the same guy who shook my hand for being a "big dude", comes running back at me...he's no bigger than his son...so I moved out of the way and let him trip over the threshold of the door...he smacked his face on the floor, which, understandably, didn't sit well with him..or his son.

His son tried to do the same thing, but was wise to me trying to move out of the way. So he tried to swing at me, and as swung, I moved out of his range, and he fell off ballance on top of his dad, who was still trying to get up off the floor.

So both of them get back up and charge me again at the same time...I'm standing just outside the door, and they are coming from just inside the door...and they both bump eachother at the door frame and fall again.

They both took their time getting up...I guess they knocked the wind out of eachother...so by the time they were getting ready to regroup for another "attack", the police showed up, and cuffed the father first.

So, all's well that ends well, right?

The son tried to swing on the cops for cuffing his dad, which of course lands him in the backseat of the copcar. He is in one car, his father in the car ahead of him, and the police were talking to me and a couple of other people who were witnesses.

So, out of nowhere, we all hear the sound of glass busting...not breaking, but busting...the son had kicked out the rear windshield of the car...so the officers pulled him out and put him in leg restraints.

And this still isn't the best part....

So they pull the father out to change cars for some reason, and the husband of the woman who's arm he cut has pulled up...out of nowhere, the husband just calmly walks up to the guy, who is still in cuffs with 2 officers standing just on the other side of him, and punches him square in the teeth, knocking out 3 of the guys' front teeth...so they had to arrest him too.

All in all, it was a pretty fun night.

[Omar B]

I've never worked as a bouncer but I've got one. 2 years ago on my b-day my buds and I are in Manhattan in a hotel bar watching the Packers/Cowboys game. My buds and I are Packers supporters (The Giants were not playing so you go with Brett) and these obnoxious drunks who must have been staying at the hotel were Cowboys fans.

So we are at our table watching the game, a couple of us have our laptops out working and these guys keep commign over to hassle us. at one point I'm comming back from the bathroom and the guy intercapts me before I get to the table, he's drunkenly talking crap about me, the Packers and NY in general, then he starts pokeing at my chest to make his point. I try to be nice abotu it, after all we are all here to have a drink and watch the game.

So he gets mad because I am not meeting his anger with anger (maybe) and he throws a punch. I saw the shoulder move so before the punch was off I was low and deflectied it with and upward block, spun so my back faced him and threw him over my shoulder onto the floor.

He got up and slinked back to his table and the bouncer is sitting over by the bar laughing!

[Drac]

I think I knew my days as a bouncer were coming to a close when we had theis MAJOR fight..The locals called us outside to assist them as their backup had not arrived..One of the visiting Supervisors even got involved and then somehow his .45 slipped from its holster and clattered on the ground..I saw about 20 people dive for it..Thankfully he got there first...

[Kembudo-Kai Kempoka]

Every once in awhile a bouncer has to show some mercy...First night of the Thanksgiving break was always a major fight night, even the owner got his hands dirty..Well anyway this guy tries to stop me from bouncing his buddy's out so I trip the buddy so one of the others could scoop him up and slam this guy into a padded wall..

Out of the corner of my eye I see a very pretty girl watching us...I tell this guy I'm gonna loosen my grip, push me away and call me any name you want but leave, if you try to hit me I drop you infront of her...Well I loosen my grip and he pushed off me and starts calling me every name in the book, but he grabs her hand and walks..He came back a few night later and apologized for his actions..

Yep. One of my old "mental leverage" tactics was to let a guy know that -- if he didn't leave -- I was going to have to work him over and toss him out in front of his girlfriend, and that women never forget something like that...that she would always remember the night they were out together, and he got tooled for being a drunken putz. Didn't work every time, but often enough to keep in the toolbox.

D.

[Kembudo-Kai Kempoka]

I think I knew my days as a bouncer were coming to a close when we had theis MAJOR fight..The locals called us outside to assist them as their backup had not arrived..One of the visiting Supervisors even got involved and then somehow his .45 slipped from its holster and clattered on the ground..I saw about 20 people dive for it..Thankfully he got there first...

Similar "time to wind down" realization when one summer had me bouncing cops out of my gentleman's bar, each on different nights, each from different branches of law enforcement, each trying to get to their off-duty weapon so they could dispatch me...for throwing them out cuz they were crocked, belligerent, and assaulting my waitresses and dancers.

[nelsonkari]

I bounced in the early 70's and then in the 80's as a club owner I managed a security detail that ranged from 6 to a dozen guys depending on the size of the crowd and the bands that were playing that night.

One night in the 70's the band "Canned Heat" had been scheduled to play. The band showed up late for the set drunk on their asses and put on a lousy show. Afterwards they demanded the whole fee despite their lousy preformance. The club owner offered them half the fee and told them to hit the road. The band leader a big burly fat guy since deceased threatened to have the musicians union shut the club down upon which the club owner replied that he had his own band and would play country western music 7 days a week.

My greatest joy came when I asked the fat leader a question. "Do you remember a few years ago when you all came out with an album where you said that the midwest was an area that you passed over when going from coast to coast? The leader gruffy nodded his head and said "yes" after which I replied "Well this is it, welcome to the midwest baby!" The fat guy blew up and yelled that he was not here to be insulted by some AH. The hair on my bouncer buddy to the right stood up on his neck on the mention of the word AH. I remember patting him on the shoulder and saying "There, there, Larry don't get excited these guys are just leaving." Leave they did and with a fraction of the money they would have received had they done their bit as agreed. We never heard a word from the musician's union.

[BloodMoney]

Ive only dabbled in door work, I just dont have the patience for drunken morons to be very good at it.

My instructor has been a doorman (we dont use the word bouncer) for 40 years no exaggeration, and still is to this day (despite being 60+) Ive heard all sorts of crazy tales but the greatest was this little trick:

Guy walks up to Kevin (my master) and says something to the effect of "think your tough eh? I could take you anyday".

Kevin says "calm down mate, go back with your friends and chill out, no need for any trouble"

Drunk moron says "mate I could smash any of you bouncers blah blah, you wanna piece of this?"

Kevin thinks a moment then says "Okay, yeah I do actually"

Drunk guy says "should we step outside?"

Kevin motions 'after you' with his hand.

Guy walks outside.

Kevin closes the door after him and waves through the glass "seeya mate, have a nice night, seeya next week" ;)

Apparently the guy laughed as hed clearly been duped into leaving the bar without so much as a finger being lifted by security. Kevin said he came back the next week and apologized for his drunkenness.

Ive never got to use that tactic, but its been in my toolbox ever since waiting

[Drac]

Ive only dabbled in door work, I just dont have the patience for drunken morons to be very good at it.

My instructor has been a doorman (we dont use the word bouncer) for 40 years no exaggeration, and still is to this day (despite being 60+) Ive heard all sorts of crazy tales but the greatest was this little trick:

Guy walks up to Kevin (my master) and says something to the effect of "think your tough eh? I could take you anyday".

Kevin says "calm down mate, go back with your friends and chill out, no need for any trouble"

Drunk moron says "mate I could smash any of you bouncers blah blah, you wanna piece of this?"

Kevin thinks a moment then says "Okay, yeah I do actually"

Drunk guy says "should we step outside?"

Kevin motions 'after you' with his hand.

Guy walks outside.

Kevin closes the door after him and waves through the glass "seeya mate, have a nice night, seeya next week" ;)

Apparently the guy laughed as hed clearly been duped into leaving the bar without so much as a finger being lifted by security. Kevin said he came back the next week and apologized for his drunkenness.

Ive never got to use that tactic, but its been in my toolbox ever since waiting

Great story.When the powers that be told me to stop hiring the big bruisers you normally associate with a bouncer because it intimidated customers I contacted every MA I knew and asked if they were looking for work, a lot of them did. That boss wasnt happy but I explained that non of them were over 6 ft. At one club I worked at they called us Floorwalkers and not Bouncers.

[Rich Parsons]

So while attending a recent geek fest (GEN CON for those in the know), I saw one of the guests of the Con as he was talking to a woman. They had walked up to where I was standing outside a booth. (* For those that need to know, it was Will Wheaton from Star Trek TNG *). His handler and Body guard assigned to him from the con started slowly taking baby steps to get between Will and myself. I could not reach Will with out moving a little. As the "handler" got close to me, I just said outloud, if you need me to move, just ask. He looked at me in a funny and confused way. I then told him I used to do security work and if I am too much of a threat just ask me to move as that should be your first line of interaction and see if the threat will comply or not. He smiled at me then and stepped back. I continued to stand where I was and Will continued his conversation.

I did gather the attention of some of the people in the booth who were also guests. They are from the internet show The Guild. http://www.watchtheguild.com/

One (* For those that have to know - Vork *) looked up at me was concerned he was in trouble because fo my comments about security and asking people to move. I just smiled and nodded my head at him. They rest of the cast that was present finished their shopping and then all left.

But before they left Will have finished his conversation. I smiled at him and told him I enjoyed his Seminar (* Talk *) he gave the day before. I then pointed at my friends who at that point also realized who was all standing around us, and stated we all enjoyed. Will smiled and said thanks. Not sure how to handle, the possibility of a "FAN" asking him a million questions. But I was done. I told him I liked what he said and that was all I needed to say. He left with the rest and they all had smiles for being able to just browse and shop.

[Drac]

Yeah, sometimes persons with any kind of star status can be a royal pain in the drain.

[ilhe4e12345]

I worked at a strip club for years until last year when i had to quit due to my regular job's hours changing. It was business as usual and one day i had to work The saturday before Easter Sunday (so technically i was working easter sunday) and there were a lot of people that night.....it was someones birthday party i guess because there was a grup of about 11 or 12 guys (i really cant remember it was awhile go) and for some reason everyone was really dressed nightly like in suits almost as if they were out of a law office. Me and the one bouncer i was working with were luaghing and kept calling them the offices of boobs and ginas. Anyways one guy was REALLY drunk and we had told him a few times to stop trying to get on stage......well of course he didnt listen and he ketp trying. One girl (her name was Gina stage name was Molly) must have been his favorite becuase as soon as she got up there he went NUTS. you could hear him over the music and everyone else. Gina was dancing for about 5 minutes before this guy just lunges at the stage. Gina screamed and me and the other bouncer at the door ran grabbed the guy and pulled him off. He didnt like that and next thing we know he swings. I caught his wrist and smashed his elbow (mother mantis move for anybody out tehre that trains in 7 Star Praying Mantis). He starts screaming and his buddies get in.....mother of god the fist fight that broke out....

anyways after the otehr bouncers came in and we finsih throwing these guys out we had to call the ambulance and ppolice because of three of them. The guy who i hit ended up breaking his shoulder and tearing a few muscles in his elbow which he tried to sue for but the judge informed us of his angry past and how he has been arrested before for "drunken voilence" so i got away but thats not even the funny part. Best part was one guy was power bombed into the hot tube by one of the other bouncers (we have a section that has a hot tub for "shower shows") and his guy was covered in water, with a broken wrist and sobbing like a baby....the alst guy had a broken nose...

interesting night but i was sad that i missed the power bomb... dont even know how he did it but everyone that saw it said it was like something out of a movie...